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Politicians , Romans, Citizens, listen to me now, for I may not be here for long. I come as Augustus to you for the temple you are building. I shal not try to pressure you but I will try to persuade you to build it in my honor. I know i may have been cruel to some and rude to others but I have done a lot of good things as well. I am also aware that others what the honor of becoming a god but let me tell you. They want to get the temple for selfish reasons, but not I.
Now I know that Pompey has done a lot of good things in his life but he also fought for Sulla and fought Caesar. Whereas I have defeated Cleopatra. He may have been consul but I was Emperor. He may have been great in his time but he also did bad things to. He killed Gaius Marius

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